The Golden Compass
First of a three part fantasy/sci-fi series. Some people hate it because of it's anti God message but it's a great read. I found it hard to put down. There's even a Snopes article about the film adaptation.

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Santa on IRC!

some shop is advertising that they have the real santa claus. Someone complained, they even argued about “what makes a real santa claus” !!

<donncha>

even got the advertising standards people on!

<donncha>

hehe

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aj is back (gone 00:03:10)

<aj>

I am Santa, really I am

<thomasb>

donncha: I think the consensus was you either had to be a fat man in a red suit in the north pole, or a 6th century bishop

<donncha>

thomasb: *nod* I’m listening to some mp3s now

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aj crosses off thomasb for not believing in me.

<longword>

!seen abbot

<donncha>

!seen santa

<donncha>

no, I mean aj..

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aj is now known as santa

<donncha>

someone ring up Joe!

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abbot (bloot@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) has joined #linux

<longword>

abbot, where have you been?

<abbot>

out drinking with the bots.

<thomasb>

!shot santa

<diamond>

lol

<thomasb>

!shoot santa

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abbot blows santa away with a wand of fireballs

Disclaimer – No Santa, elves, reindeer, or any Christmas characters were harmed in the making of the above script. I do have to admit that the sanity of the Irish Linux Community could be called into question however.